Online Services

The library provides a wealth of information through our online services. These services allow library card holders access to a wide range of online databases on subjects ranging from magazine and periodical indexes to downloadable digital media. Select a subject area from the tabs below. VALID LIBRARY CARD NUMBER REQUIRED.

America The Beautiful For more than a decade, teachers, librarians, and students have relied on America the Beautiful as the definitive reference source on the states and a keystone in the foundation of every library collection.

American Ancestors – AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LIBRARY Founded in 1845, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is America’s leading resource for family history research. The NEHGS maintains American Ancestors: a repository for more than 400 million searchable names covering New England, New York, and beyond.

American Physical Society Journals – AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LIBRARY APS offers online access to a variety of peer-reviewed scholarly journals in the area of physics.

Ancestry Library – AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LIBRARY Ancestry Library makes family research easy for beginners while still providing in-depth tools for even the most advanced genealogists. The collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930.

Biography Reference Center This database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. This resource provides superior coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).

Christian Science Monitor Balanced, objective reporting from the most respected field journalists in the industry. Full text is available from 1988 to the present. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Encyclopedia Americana Long a standard in school, academic, and public library collections, Encyclopedia Americana Online contains 45,000 articles by over 6,500 specialists covering all academic fields and curriculum topics. Includes Americana Journal, a searchable database of newsworthy current events compiled weekly, and a dictionary and thesaurus.

Family Search This completely free site offers a searchable database, access to other family trees, the ability to create your own tree, an extensive learning tool (the Wiki), and much more. Their main benefactor is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Flipster Flipster offers online digital access to leading popular magazines. Issues may be downloaded and read in a web browser or mobile app.

Fold3 Plus History & Genealogy Archives This database offers a vast, growing array of valuable and unique content consisting of historical documents, including millions of records available from a content partnership with the National Archives and other institutions.

Freegal Freegal provides mp3 music downloads licensed from Sony Music Entertainment. The site has hundreds of thousands of songs and is continually updated with new material. Users may download up to five songs per week.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia, this outstanding source contains thousands of new and expanded articles, bibliographies, and links to selected internet resources.

Lands and Peoples Since its debut in 1929, Lands and Peoples has established itself as the leading English-language encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to student readers.

Literary Resource Center – LRC Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

LitFinder Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare’s sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.

Los Angeles Times The perspective of Southern California, lauded for its coverage of immigration, entertainment, and environmental issues. Full text is available from 1996 to the present.

Lynda.com Lynda.com is the leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

Morningstar Investment Research Center Morningstar Investment Research Center is an interactive investment database with information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.

National Newspapers Premier ProQuest National Newspaper packages provide your library with online access to the most respected national and regional newspapers from across the U.S. The titles in ProQuest National Newspapers offer researchers thorough coverage of local, national, and international events with journalistic balance and perspective. ProQuest National Newspapers offers the most read and widely-respected papers in the U.S.

New Book of Knowledge Online Widely renowned as the first modern encyclopedia for children, this source has long been the leading resource for accurate, accessible, and fun-to-read information for use in homes and libraries.

New Book of Popular Science As the leading science encyclopedia geared to student readers, this excellent resource provides users with the entire scope of science – from most general to most specific and most elementary to most complex.

New York Times The paper of record in the U.S., best known for its analysis of news, issues and social changes. The East Coast Late Edition is available in full text from 1980 to the present.

NoveList Plus An online readers’ advisory service that helps readers find new books based on books they’ve read or topics in which they are interested.

Orange County Register/Yorba Linda Star Provides full-text articles from the Orange County Register and the Yorba Linda Star – 1986 – present, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

OverDrive You can download best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides, and much more. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, and many others. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees

ReferenceUSA ReferenceUSA is a database containing over 34 million U.S. businesses, 264 million residents, Historical U.S. businesses, New businesses, New Movers, New Homeowners and Medical professionals. This resource is ideal for sales and marketing, market research, business planning, job searching, and much more.

Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone offers the proven immersion method of language learning that more than 22,000 schools and 12,000 businesses have trusted for over the last 20+ years. The award-winning interactive approach has been used by millions of learners around the world and now is accessible in the library–or anywhere, anytime.

USA Today The popular national newspaper is available in full text from 1989 to the present.

The Wall Street Journal The single most authoritative source of global and national business reporting. The Eastern Edition is available in full text from 1984 to the present.

The Washington Post Inside-the-beltway coverage of politics and highly respected investigative journalism.The Post is available in full text from 1986 to the present.

Biography Reference Center This database offers a comprehensive collection of full-text biographies and unique narrative biographies. This resource provides superior coverage for several of the most popular and heavily-researched biographies and genres, including those contained within Biography Today and Biography (both dating back to the first issue published).

Literary Resource Center – LRC Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

LitFinder Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. For students or patrons seeking a deeper view into literature, LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more! From Shakespeare’s sonnets to poems by Donald Hall or short stories from Edgar Allan Poe to works by Annie Proulx, LitFinder has you covered.

NoveList Plus An online readers’ advisory service that helps readers find new books based on books they’ve read or topics in which they are interested.

Lynda.com Lynda.com is the leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

ReferenceUSA ReferenceUSA is a database containing over 34 million U.S. businesses, 264 million residents, Historical U.S. businesses, New businesses, New Movers, New Homeowners and Medical professionals. This resource is ideal for sales and marketing, market research, business planning, job searching, and much more.

OverDrive You can download best-selling novels, well-known classics, self-improvement guides, and much more. To get started, you will need to install free software. For audiobooks: OverDrive® Media Console™. To read eBooks, you’ll need Adobe® Digital Editions. Titles can be enjoyed immediately or transferred to a variety of devices, including iPod®, Sony® Reader™, and many others. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees

Encyclopedia Americana Long a standard in school, academic, and public library collections, Encyclopedia Americana Online contains 45,000 articles by over 6,500 specialists covering all academic fields and curriculum topics. Includes Americana Journal, a searchable database of newsworthy current events compiled weekly, and a dictionary and thesaurus.

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Based on the Academic American Encyclopedia, this outstanding source contains thousands of new and expanded articles, bibliographies, and links to selected internet resources.

Lands and Peoples Since its debut in 1929, Lands and Peoples has established itself as the leading English-language encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to student readers.

New Book of Knowledge Online Widely renowned as the first modern encyclopedia for children, this source has long been the leading resource for accurate, accessible, and fun-to-read information for use in homes and libraries.

American Ancestors – AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LIBRARY Founded in 1845, the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is America’s leading resource for family history research. The NEHGS maintains American Ancestors: a repository for more than 400 million searchable names covering New England, New York, and beyond.

Ancestry Library – AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE LIBRARY Ancestry Library makes family research easy for beginners while still providing in-depth tools for even the most advanced genealogists. The collection has approximately 4,000 databases including key collections such as U.S. Federal Census images and indexes from 1790 to 1930.

Family Search This completely free site offers a searchable database, access to other family trees, the ability to create your own tree, an extensive learning tool (the Wiki), and much more. Their main benefactor is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Fold3 Plus History & Genealogy Archives This database offers a vast, growing array of valuable and unique content consisting of historical documents, including millions of records available from a content partnership with the National Archives and other institutions.

America The Beautiful For more than a decade, teachers, librarians, and students have relied on America the Beautiful as the definitive reference source on the states and a keystone in the foundation of every library collection.

Fold3 Plus History & Genealogy Archives This database offers a vast, growing array of valuable and unique content consisting of historical documents, including millions of records available from a content partnership with the National Archives and other institutions.

Lands and Peoples Since its debut in 1929, Lands and Peoples has established itself as the leading English-language encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events that is geared to student readers.

Morningstar Investment Research Center Morningstar Investment Research Center is an interactive investment database with information on more than 30,000 stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds.

Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone offers the proven immersion method of language learning that more than 22,000 schools and 12,000 businesses have trusted for over the last 20+ years. The award-winning interactive approach has been used by millions of learners around the world and now is accessible in the library–or anywhere, anytime.

Christian Science Monitor Balanced, objective reporting from the most respected field journalists in the industry. Full text is available from 1988 to the present. Paid advertisements are excluded.

Flipster Flipster offers online digital access to leading popular magazines. Issues may be downloaded and read in a web browser or mobile app.

Los Angeles Times The perspective of Southern California, lauded for its coverage of immigration, entertainment, and environmental issues. Full text is available from 1996 to the present.

National Newspapers Premier ProQuest National Newspaper packages provide your library with online access to the most respected national and regional newspapers from across the U.S. The titles in ProQuest National Newspapers offer researchers thorough coverage of local, national, and international events with journalistic balance and perspective. ProQuest National Newspapers offers the most read and widely-respected papers in the U.S.

New York Times The paper of record in the U.S., best known for its analysis of news, issues and social changes. The East Coast Late Edition is available in full text from 1980 to the present.

Orange County Register/Yorba Linda Star Provides full-text articles from the Orange County Register and the Yorba Linda Star – 1986 – present, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Paid advertisements are excluded.

USA Today The popular national newspaper is available in full text from 1989 to the present.

The Wall Street Journal The single most authoritative source of global and national business reporting. The Eastern Edition is available in full text from 1984 to the present.

The Washington Post Inside-the-beltway coverage of politics and highly respected investigative journalism.The Post is available in full text from 1986 to the present.

Freegal Freegal provides mp3 music downloads licensed from Sony Music Entertainment. The site has hundreds of thousands of songs and is continually updated with new material. Users may download up to five songs per week.

Lynda.com Lynda.com is the leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

Lynda.com Lynda.com is the leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals.

New Book of Popular Science As the leading science encyclopedia geared to student readers, this excellent resource provides users with the entire scope of science – from most general to most specific and most elementary to most complex.